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Auchterarder railway station

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Coordinates: 56°17′25″N 3°41′21″W / 56.2902°N 3.6893°W / 56.2902; -3.6893
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Auchterarder
General information
LocationPerthshire
Coordinates56°17′25″N 3°41′21″W / 56.2902°N 3.6893°W / 56.2902; -3.6893
Platforms2
History
Original companyScottish Central Railway
Pre-groupingCaledonian Railway
Post-groupingLondon, Midland and Scottish Railway
Key dates
22 May 1848Opened[1]
11 June 1956Closed[1]

Auchterarder railway station served the village of Auchterarder near Gleneagles in the Scottish county of Perth and Kinross.

History

Opened by the Scottish Central Railway, then by the Caledonian Railway, it became part of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway during the Grouping of 1923. Passing on to the Scottish Region of British Railways on nationalisation in 1948, it was then closed by the British Transport Commission in 1956.

Preceding station Historical railways Following station
Dunning   Caledonian Railway
Scottish Central Railway
   Gleneagles

References

Notes

  1. ^ a b Butt (1995), page 11

Sources

  • Butt, R. V. J. (October 1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC 60251199. OL 11956311M.
  • Jowett, Alan (March 1989). Jowett's Railway Atlas of Great Britain and Ireland: From Pre-Grouping to the Present Day (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 978-1-85260-086-0. OCLC 22311137.
  • Jowett, Alan (2000). Jowett's Nationalised Railway Atlas (1st ed.). Penryn, Cornwall: Atlantic Transport Publishers. ISBN 978-0-906899-99-1. OCLC 228266687.
  • RAILSCOT on Scottish Central Railway
  • Auchterarder station on navigable O. S. map
  • Disused stations


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